Beyond its novelty, the Honda N-One RS actually stands up in quality, comfort, and value. A Kei car is the only way to experience Japan. Forget carving Hakone in an RX-7, gliding along the Wangan ...

A kei car can be any of few different things, from a sports car, to a family hauler, to even a pickup truck. The reason we've ...

Apart from a tiny, one-paragraph mention in a press release about the Honda show stand in general ... ahead at a possible successor to the Beat kei car for Japanese customers, though we've ...

Honda has increased its stake in Yachiyo Industry -- the manufacturer of its Life and Zest kei cars -- to 51.14%. Previously, they held a 34.5% share. Higher fuel prices have resulted in a greatly ...

Talks broke down because Honda wanted Nissan to use its hybrid system. Now Honda is willing to resume talks if Nissan's CEO, ...

A decade earlier, another small car had made a big impression ... sexy Pininfarina-designed Honda Beat and wild gull-winged Autozam AZ-1. Fascinating cars all. Kei cars were built to strict ...

Rotational brain injuries, or in English, whiplash, has proven to be a hidden danger in car accidents. The IIHS hopes to ...

Being a Turbo model, this example gets a turbocharged 1.2-liter four-cylinder engine that made just shy of 100 horsepower when new. Given that a Honda City only weighs around 1600 pounds, that's ...

The ‘kei’ cars and trucks are growing in popularity in the U.S. But many states have explicitly banned them in recent years.

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